Many of the mages which took refuge in the Bell building within Granite Park have been driven out, fleeing in Zilker's old FJ Cruiser. Animus clings to the top of the bouncing SUV, holding the unconscious Jordan-hawk, and Ankh takes directions from Dodger as they make their way out of the park...
...behind them, through the rain, bodies become indistinguishable shapes -- a mass from which neither Falx nor falcon emerge.